#reflectiveteacher - 9/4 - What I Love The Most About Teaching

September 4, 2014 in Theory & Policy

Note: I am participating in a 30-day blog challenge as part of Reflective Teacher Month at Teach Thought. I am looking forward to learning more about myself, my pedagogy and my colleagues.

Day 4 Prompt: What do you love the most about teaching?

My favorite part of teaching is when you get to that moment where everything clicks. Maybe just one student suddenly grasps a concept that he or she has been struggling with. Or perhaps the entire class suddenly engages and gets excited about a discussion, or a concept.

I live for those moments.

Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

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Michelle Boyd Waters is the founder of reThink ELA, where she creates research-informed resources that help middle and high school English teachers build stronger communities of readers and writers. After teaching secondary English for 10 years, Michelle has continued working alongside educators and students as a university composition instructor, writing center director, teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project, and mentor to new teachers. Her work brings together classroom experience, literacy research, and writing center pedagogy to create practical resources that support authentic reading, meaningful writing, and student voice. Through reThink ELA, she helps teachers create classrooms where both students and educators can thrive.